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ἔρχομαι

erchomaito come/goHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb634 occurrences24 books597 verses

Definition

ἔρχομαι,

[in LXX very frequently for בּוֹא, also for הלךְ ni., אתה, etc., 34 words in all ;]

1. to come;

(a) of persons, either as arriving or returning from elsewhere: Matthew 8:9, Mark 6:31, Luke 7:8, John 4:27, Romans 9:9, al.; before ἀπό, Mark 5:35; 7:1, John 3:2, al.; ἐκ, Luke 5:17, John 3:31, al.; εἰς, Mark 1:29, al.; διά before εἰς, Mark 7:31; ἐν (Cremer, 263f., but see: ἐν), Romans 15:29, 1 Corinthians 4:21; ἐπί, with accusative, Mark 6:53; 11:13, John 19:33, al.; κατά, with accusative, Luke 10:33, Acts 16:7; παρά, with genitive, Luke 8:49; with accusative, Matthew 15:29, Mark 9:14, al.; with dative comm., incomm. (M, Pr., 75, 245), Matthew 21:5, Revelation 2:5, 16; with adverbs: πόθεν, John 3:8, al.; ἄνωθεν, John 3:31; ὄπισθεν, Mark 5:27; ὧδε, Matthew 8:29; ἐκεῖ, John 18:3; ποῦ, Hebrews 11:8; before ἕως, Luke 4:42; ἄχρι, Acts 11:5; with purpose expressed by inf., Mark 5:14, Luke 1:59, al.; by fut. ptcp., Matthew 27:49; ἵνα, John 12:9; εἰς τοῦτο, ἵνα, Acts 9:21; διά, with accusative, John 12:9; before verbs of action, ἔρχεται καί, ἦλθε καί, etc.: Mark 2:18, John 6:15, al.; ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε, John 1:47; 11:34; ἐλθών (redundant; Dalman, Words, 20 f.), Matthew 2:8; 8:7, Mark 7:25, Acts 16:39, al.; similarly ἐρχόμενος, Luke 15:25, al.; of coming into public view: esp. of the Messiah (ὁ ἐρχόμενος, Matthew 11:3, al.; see Cremer, 264), Luke 3:16, John 4:25; hence, of Jesus, Matthew 11:19, Luke 7:34, John 5:43, al.; of the second coming, Matthew 10:23, Acts 1:11, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, al.;

(b) of time: ἔρξονται ἡμέραι (present for fut.: Bl., §56, 8), Luke 23:29, Hebrews 8:8" (LXX) ; fut., Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:20, al.; ἔρξεται ὥρα, ὅτε, John 4:21, 23. al.; ἦλθεν, ἐλήλυθε ἡ ὥρα, John 13:1; 16:32; 17:1; ἡ ἡμέρα τ. κυρίου, 1 Thessalonians 5:2; καιροί, Acts 3:19;

(with) of things and events: κατακλυσμός, Luke 17:27; λιμός, Acts 7:11; ἡ ὀργή, 1 Thessalonians 1:10; ὁ λύχνος, Mark 4:21 (see Swete, in l.). Metaphorical, τ. ἀγαθά, Romans 3:8; τ. τέλειον, 1 Corinthians 13:10; ἡ πίστις, Galatians 3:23, 25; ἡ ἐντολή, Romans 7:9; with prepositions: ἐκ τ. θλίψεως, Revelation 7:14; ἐις τ. χεῖρον, Mark 5:26; εἰς πειρασμόν, Mark 14:38, al.

2. to go: ὀπίσω, with genitive (Heb. הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי), Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23; σύν, John 21:3; ὁδόν, Luke 2:44. (Cf. ἀν-, ἐπ-αν-, ἀπ-, δι-, εἰς, ἐπ-εἰσ-, συν-εἰσ-, ἐξ-, δι-εξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-, παρ-, ἀντι-παρ-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-έρχομαι.)

Synonyms: πορεύομαι, χωρέω (v, Thayer, see word ἔρξομαι).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἔρχομαι:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

634 total
  1. Luke 12:54ἔρχεται · is coming
    Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
  2. Luke 13:6ἦλθεν · He went
    Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.
  3. Luke 13:7ἔρχομαι · I have come
    So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
  4. Luke 13:14ἐρχόμενοι · come
    But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
  5. Luke 13:35ἐρχόμενος · comes
    Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
  6. Luke 14:1ἐλθεῖν · went
    One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
  7. Luke 14:9ἐλθὼν · will come
    Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
  8. Luke 14:10ἔλθῃ · will come
    But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
  9. Luke 14:17Ἔρχεσθε · Come
    When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
  10. Luke 14:20ἐλθεῖν · come
    Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
  11. Luke 14:26ἔρχεται · comes
    “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
  12. Luke 14:27ἔρχεται · follow
    And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
  13. Luke 14:31ἐρχομένῳ · coming
    Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
  14. Luke 15:6ἐλθὼν · comes
    …comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
  15. Luke 15:17ἐλθὼν · he came
    Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death!
  16. Luke 15:20ἦλθεν · [and] went
    So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
  17. Luke 15:25ἐρχόμενος · he approached
    Meanwhile the older son was in the field, and as he approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
  18. Luke 15:30ἦλθεν · returns from
    But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
  19. Luke 16:21ἐρχόμενοι · came
    …and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
  20. Luke 16:28ἔλθωσιν · will not also end up
    …for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
  21. Luke 17:1ἐλθεῖν · will come; ἔρχεται · they come
    Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!
  22. Luke 17:20ἔρχεται · would come; ἔρχεται · come
    When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
  23. Luke 17:22Ἐλεύσονται · is coming
    Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
  24. Luke 17:27ἦλθεν · came
    People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
  25. Luke 18:3ἤρχετο · who kept appealing
    And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
  26. Luke 18:5ἐρχομένη
    …yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Otherwise, she will wear me out with her perpetual requests.’”
  27. Luke 18:8ἐλθὼν · comes
    I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
  28. Luke 18:16ἔρχεσθαι · come
    But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
  29. Luke 18:30ἐρχομένῳ · to come
    …will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”
  30. Luke 19:5ἦλθεν · [Jesus] came
    When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”
  31. Luke 19:10ἦλθεν · came
    For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
  32. Luke 19:13ἔρχομαι · I return
    Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.
  33. Luke 19:18ἦλθεν · came
    The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
  34. Luke 19:20ἦλθεν · came
    Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
  35. Luke 19:23ἐλθὼν · upon my return
    Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’
  36. Luke 19:38ἐρχόμενος · who comes
    “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
  37. Luke 20:16ἐλεύσεται · He will come
    He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”
  38. Luke 21:6ἐλεύσονται · will come
    “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
  39. Luke 21:8ἐλεύσονται · will come
    Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
  40. Luke 21:27ἐρχόμενον · coming
    At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
  41. Luke 22:7Ἦλθεν · came
    Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
  42. Luke 22:18ἔλθῃ · comes
    For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”
  43. Luke 22:45ἐλθὼν · [and] returned
    When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
  44. Luke 23:26ἐρχόμενον · on his way in
    As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
  45. Luke 23:29ἔρχονται · are coming
    Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
  46. Luke 23:33ἦλθον · they came
    When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.
  47. Luke 23:42ἔλθῃς · You come
    Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
  48. Luke 24:1ἦλθον · [the women] came
    On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.